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Rhetorical Situation

I. GOAL

In this Extended Definition
Assignment, you will define a term according to the needs/Rhetorical
Situation (链接到外部网站。) of three
specific audiences of your choosing. Without the rhetorical situation, the term
you choose would exist within a vacuum, such as a Wikipedia entry, or a chapter
from a textbook.

Thus, with a detailed Audience Analysis/Rhetorical Situation,
you will have all of the meaningful parameters within which you will tailor the
information you want to provide.

II. REQUIREMENTS

For your first COMPLETE draft
(that is, if it is not complete, you will not receive (full) credit), you will
provide:

Three Audience
Analyses (100-150 words each; 300-450 words total – these are strict word limits): Identify three
different rhetorical contexts that you are or have recently been a part of.
These can be jobs, internships, clubs and/or committees, etc. These CANNOT be classes
you’ve taken/are taking for which you’re only role is/was as a student. We
are, after all, in a “Professional” writing course, in which one of
our goals is to begin thinking beyond the confines of the classroom.
Nevertheless, if you happened to be a lab or teaching assistant for a certain
course, you may use that context. For example, if you took ENES100 last
semester, you cannot use
that. However, if you took ENES100 a couple of semesters ago, and
last semester you served as a teaching fellow, then you can use that. For each
description, identify:

a) the name of the company/organization/committee/etc and
what they do/are responsible for/etc;

b) your title within the
company/organization/committee/etc and your role/responsibilities; and

c) a summary of the other
people/titles/organizational hierarchy, along with their roles and
responsibilities.

Three Extended Definitions,
each according to the format linked here (链接到外部网站。) (diagram of format at bottom
of page) (200-300 words each; 600-900 words total – these are strict word limits) – For
each of your three chosen audiences/rhetorical contexts, you will create an
extended definition in which you define one of the terms provided in the
following sections, tailoring each definition for the specific
needs/competencies/etc of each of your three audiences/rhetorical contexts. For
example, if my three rhetorical contexts concerned my roles as:

a) ENGL393: Technical Writing professor

b) Professional Writing Program (PWP) Blended and
Online Learning Coordinator

c) English Department Assembly Representative

I would then choose one of the topics below (for example:
blended learning), and define it for each of my three rhetorical contexts. For
example, the way I would discuss blended learning to students in a
class would be different than how I would discuss it to fellow professors
in PWP. I might cover similar terms, but I would focus on some items more so
than others. Moreover, for one audience I would write from the perspective
of taking a
blended learning course, while in the other I would write from the perspective
of administering or
developing a blended learning course. These differences
have important implications on how you go about writing each of your extended
definitions.

III. TERM SELECTION

As discussed above, you are to choose just one (1) of the
following terms that you will then define/tailor for each of your three
audiences/rhetorical contexts. If you are unfamiliar with the terms, be sure to
research online in order to fully understand. You MAY NOT choose your
own term; it must come from the list below. In the end, you are encouraged to
be creative in order to tailor your definition to your different audiences.

Terms (Choose one)

Cloud computing

LEED Certification

Transportation management system

Blended Learning

Synergy

IV. FURTHER GUIDANCE

The point of this assignment is not to
reproduce what is already available elsewhere, but to create something
new that has been created/tailored for very specific audiences with unique
backgrounds and other characteristics. To do well on this assignment, you will
want to showcase your ability to tailor information for specific audiences. In
some cases, you might find that choosing a term that you aren’t initially
familiar with might give you the most opportunities for showcasing your
strengths as a writer.

Audience Analysis &
Extended Definition Peer Review

Audience Analysis
& Extended Definition Peer Review

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As a reader, what details
are most clear in Audience Analysis 1? What details require further
specificity? Considering the three requirements for each audience analysis,
as described on the assignment sheet, what section is the strongest and why?
What section is the weakest and why? What are your suggestions for further
improvement?
As a reader, what
details are most clear in Audience Analysis 1? What details require further
specificity? Considering the three requirements for each audience analysis,
as described on the assignment sheet, what section is the strongest and why?
What section is the weakest and why? What are your suggestions for further
improvement?

As a reader, what
details are most clear in Audience Analysis 2? What details require further
specificity? Considering the three requirements for each audience analysis,
as described on the assignment sheet, what section is the strongest and why?
What section is the weakest and why? What are your suggestions for further
improvement?

As a reader, what details
are most clear in Audience Analysis 3? What details require further
specificity? Considering the three requirements for each audience analysis,
as described on the assignment sheet, what section is the strongest and why?
What section is the weakest and why? What are your suggestions for further
improvement?

Extended Definition 1:
As a reader, is it clear how this definition has been tailored for the
specified audience? What are the strongest parts of this definition and why?
What are the weakest parts of this definition and why? Has the author created
an opportunity to create three significantly different extended definitions?
Why or Why not? What are your suggestions for further improvement?

Extended Definition 2:
As a reader, is it clear how this definition has been tailored for the
specified audience? What are the strongest parts of this definition and why?
What are the weakest parts of this definition and why? Has the author created
an opportunity to create three significantly different extended definitions?
Why or Why not? What are your suggestions for further improvement?

Extended Definition 3:
As a reader, is it clear how this definition has been tailored for the
specified audience? What are the strongest parts of this definition and why?
What are the weakest parts of this definition and why? Has the author created
an opportunity to create three significantly different extended definitions?
Why or Why not? What are your suggestions for further improvement?

Techniques of Extended
Definiton: Which of the 11 Techniques of Extended Definition does the author
use? Are there opportunities to improve these techniques or replace with/add
others? Provide suggestions.

Using the grammar video
provided on the Module 1 page, carefully examine the draft for instances of
run-on sentences and/or comma splices and identify them for the author.